/*
 * Orika - simpler, better and faster Java bean mapping
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Orika authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package ma.glasnost.orika;

/**
 * Defines conversion between two Java types. This interface is intended to be
 * used by applications that needs custom converters. <br>
 * Implementor should usually be immutable and <strong>must</strong> be
 * threadsafe.
 * 
 * @author S.M. El Aaatifi
 */
public interface Converter<S, D> {
    
    D convert(S source) throws ConverterException;
    
}
